Day 20 Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely; and may your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. He who calls you is faithful, who also will do it. (1 Thessalonians 5:23–24) God designed us in His image. He wants us to …
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22300.021 Jesus in the Last Garden
Day 21 Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane…and He began to be sorrowful and deeply distressed. Then He said to them, “My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death, stay here and watch with Me.” He went a little farther and fell on His face, and prayed, saying, “O My Father, if …
22300.022 Law and Love
Day 22 Owe no one anything except to love one another, for he who loves another has fulfilled the law. For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder.” “You shall not steal,” “You shall not bear false witness,” “You shall not covet,” and if there is any other commandment, are all …
22300.023 Faith and Love
Day 23 The grace of our Lord was exceedingly abundant, with faith and love which are in Christ Jesus. (1 Timothy 2:14) Throughout the New Testament faith and love are repeatedly spoken of together. Both are vitally important and inseparable. In his letters, Paul thanks God for these two “exceedingly abundant” expressions of the grace …
22300.024 John’s Identity: “The Disciple Whom Jesus Loved”
Day 24 Then Peter, turning around, saw [John] the disciple whom Jesus loved. (John 21:20) If somebody asked you, “Who are you?” what would you say? How would you describe yourself? You might answer by talking about your job, your possessions, your children, the color of your skin, or your country of origin. You might …
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22300.025 In Christ, Nothing Can Separate You from God’s Love
Day 25 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? … For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other …
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22300.026 Transformed
Day 26 Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God. (Romans 12:2) When we receive Jesus, our spirit is born again. God’s Spirit now lives in our spirit. In union with God, …
22300.027 Jesus’ Identity: “My Beloved Son”
Day 27 When He had been baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened to Him, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting upon Him. And suddenly a voice came from heaven saying, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well …
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22300.028 Abide in My Love
Day 28 “Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me. I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you …
22300.029 Together … because of His Great Love
Day 29 But God who is rich in mercy because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up together and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus. …
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